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Utilization of mobile phones for accessing menstrual regulation services among low-income women in Bangladesh: a qualitative analysis

Messinger, Chelsea Jordan; Mahmud, Ilias; Kanan, Sushama; Jahangir, Yamin Tauseef; Sarker, Malabika; Rashid, Sabina Faiz (© 2017 BioMed Central Ltd., 2017-01-14)

Background: As many as one-third of all pregnancies in Bangladesh are unplanned, with nearly one-half of these pregnancies ending in either menstrual regulation (MR) or illegal clandestine abortion. Although MR is provided ...
Exploring the context in which different close-to-community sexual and reproductive health service providers operate in Bangladesh: a qualitative study

Mahmud, Ilias; Chowdhury, Sadia; Ashraf Siddiqi, Bulbul; Theobald, Sally; Ormel, Hermen; Biswas, Salauddin; Tauseef Jahangir, Yamin; Sarker, Malabika; Faiz Rashid, Sabina (© 2015 BioMed Central Ltd., 2015)

Background: A range of formal and informal close-to-community (CTC) health service providers operate in an increasingly urbanized Bangladesh. Informal CTC health service providers play a key role in Bangladesh's pluralistic ...